down in the black sea coast of russia the city of sochi is busy preparing for the twenty fourteen winter olympic games construction is booming transport infrastructure is being completely revamped and disabled on such points so being installed across town. but aside from being russia's second lympics city sochi is also one of the country's most popular tourist destinations people flock here for the long hot summer as the spacious beaches and the warm seas busk if you're looking for more than just a time it's also an area filled with some amazing natural highlights. so i've been spending a lot of so i'm in the city up in the mountains there's the caucuses reserve which is literally the size of finland so i've met up with very experienced. and we are all. expected to say that if you're driving up here then you're in for a bumpy ride. you might be lucky and find some tama but mostly it's just to try to roll fortunately alexei's wonderfully name is up to the top. model looks like much of this is spin spin on this thing is seconds and. we're going up and down to crash the blasts. still going.

night regardless of the weather and source it is too late to show up at this year's gathering on the black sea but i guess there's always next. question is whether we travel by water. anyway. enjoy the right. more news today. these are the images. from the streets of canada. today. culture is that so much different and there's a huge percentage of americans find it tough to find the arab spring or the arab winter where does this great liberation logic stand in the arab middle east and where is it going are the forces of reaction. overcoming a barrier like this sees it possible. but then you crave something higher. and when you reach stuff you. go do whatever it takes to get all that stuff.

known in this country is the great patriotic war the germans were aiming to break through to the black sea oil deposits there. fighting in the mountains was a tough job considering the local terrain around us. there weren't any tourist routes back them. and nearby was some considerably older landmarks. or the the more these stone structures might well date back a thousand years people began breeding livestock here in attempt century shepherds use these structures as shelters if these twelve ruins are anything to go by a dozen shepherds would stay here at a time while their animals grazed up in the mountains. as we moved forward into the mists we passed on the travellers making their way towards camp and they told us we were close to an oasis. you can swim here. you're. thinking about having a swim. every weather was better go ahead. it's not cold. this is the round lake it's fed by six surrounding springs and it's clear waters team with wildlife and you know this lake formed as a result of glaziers making depressions in the ground it's likely to be hundreds of thousands or even millions of

not because of a tropical storm, but a low pressure system has dumped quite heavy rain across the black sea region. we have some footage coming out of turkey. the floodwaters, caused injuries and damaged cars and houses, seriously. the same system caused the flash floods in the southeastern tip of the balkans monday, claiming the lives of three. conditions are improving in the locations. but parts of eastern and southern turkey will remain unsettled the next couple days. some where else dealing with heavy rain. southern italy. the good news, rain will be dissipating over the next several hours. out towards the west, remnants of hurricane, rafael, continue to track towards the east over the iberian peninsula and into the north, winter storm, is sliding towards the southeast. affecting the balkan, baltic states as well as the northwestern russia. and heavy snow, ongoing across the mountain region in scandinavian peninsula. because of the storm, temperatures are quite chilly. look at this. only 3 degrees expected in stockholm. 4 in moscow. looking at a seasonal temperature in berlin. 12 degree

however, out across the southeast, around the black sea region, you will be seeing some thunder, lightning. maybe intense thunderstorms here. temperature thousands are not too bad. out east. looking in the upper teens. 20 degrees. we have 12 degrees in stockholm. little cooler here. but, down across the mediterranean. 29 in athens. actually see one more burst of warmth in the next couple days here in the southeast. leave you now to your extended forecast. >>> our top story once again. barack obama and mitt romney have met for their first debate. one month ahead of the presidential election. they spent most of their time are gug ov arguing over the economy. the debate took place in denver, colorado, one of the few battleground states that could decide the election. candidates concentrated on how to revive the economy. >> the only way to meet governor romney's pledge of not reducing the deficit, or, not -- adding to the deficit, is by burdening middle-class families, now that's -- not my analysis. >> the president has a view very similar to the view he had when he ran four years ago. that a

there are some storms moving through the balkans right now in through the black sea region. some of those could be a little bit nasty with thunder and lightning. temperaturewise, lots of teens out here today across the continent. 12 in stockholm. 18 in moscow. 17 berlin. 22 vienna. out of the 30s now in athens at 29 degrees. iberia, 25. another fairly comfortable 27 in lisbon. here's your extended forecast. >>> that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm katherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks very much for joining us. are you totally unprepared? just about all of us have something hangen on our walls, pictures, paintings, art work clocks, all can come crashing down and create broken glass. inexpensive picture hook can secure pictures to the wall

down in the black sea coast of russia the city of sochi is busy preparing for the twenty fourteen winter olympic games construction is transport infrastructure is being completely revamped and disabled access points are being installed across town. but aside from being russia's second lympics city sochi is also one of the country's most popular tourist destinations people flock here for the long hot summer as the spacious beaches on the warm seas.

during the cold war, the former ussr trained dolphins for its black sea fleet. >>> tonight politics are going to headline late night. president obama is making a stop on the "tonight show" with jay leno. >> no political party is off limits from a few jokes. mitt romney visited the show earlier this year. mark barger talked with jay about the late-night politics. >> lindsay lohan has endorsed mitt romney for president. lindsay lohan. so this -- this could be just the thing that puts obama over the top. >> i don't think anybody can figure out my political beliefs really. at least i hope not. >> reporter: jay leno tries to be an equal opportunity offender. >> so far for halloween, obama masks are 30% higher than mitt romney masks. well, that makes sense. what's scarier than four more years of this economy? >> my favorite thing is when i have president obama on the show, you, and your democratic friends, i hope you're happy. then when romney's on, i knew you were a republican. >> reporter: he said this year's campaign doesn't stack up comedically than the golden years. >> bush and clinton,

successful conclusion to the war in bosnia and kosovo or a factor allowing nato to expand to the black sea although nobody really wrote that. .. and all we did was to transport one marine battalion from one place to another. no fighting in between. wasn't particularly dangerous but the logistics were absolutely -- gas stations, mountains of water bottles and full tents and meals ready to eat. it was an immense logistical exercise to get men and women and material from northern kuwait to fallujah without any fighting and you see how distance matters. how you just couldn't defeat distance through the latest technology. >> might be interesting for this audience if you personalize the story of iraq a little bit and talk about your own views. this is a place you traveled in with saddam hussein, you were a supporter of the war. explain why. i found some of the most wrenching passages in this book discussions about what a disaster the iraq war has proved for every party in the united states, most of all the iraqis. >> i knew iraq intimately in the 1980s as a reporter. huckabee airtran/iraq war fr

the black sea fleet is not in great shape. there is a lot of work to be done there. in any event, it's not only about geopolitics, it's not about arms sales, it is about respect. over theant to go mafia metaphor that steve just did, but in deed, not just mafia see, but real powers sometimes crave respect. its about who makes decisions. if the decision about the use of force in syria is made without russia or against russian opposition, vladimir putin will look at it in a very grave way just as he and his allies at a time looked at our decision to use force in iraq in 2003 and, before that, for those who track the russian fears back then, and 1999, i believe that the then prime minister turned the plane around in the atlantic when the bombing of serbia started and went back because russia was not appropriately consulted over the use of force against slobodan milosevic, let alone getting a russian agreement in the security council. they issues of sovereignty, the issue of use of force, the issues of agreement, how to use force are extremely important not just for russi

been doing all this the less ship was commissioned -- was introduced into service in 1992 and the black sealeet is not in great shape so there is a lot of work to be down there. done there. in any event, -- is saying it's not only about geopolitics and not only about arms sales. it is about respect and i don't want to go over the mafia metaphor that steve just did but indeed not just mafioso but real powers, sometimes respect. it's about who makes decisions. if the decision about the use of force in syria is made without russia or against russian opposition, putin will look at it in a very grave way just as he and his allies at the time mr. chirac looked at our decision to force iraq in 2003 and before that for those who tracked the russian affairs back then in 1999 they believe, mr. primakov then prime minister turned the plane around in the atlantic when the bombing of serbia started and went back because russia was not appropriately consulted over the use of force against milosevic let alone getting russian agreement in the u.n. security council. so the issues of sovereignty and the issu

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the black sea fleet is not in great shape. there is a lot of work to be done there. in any event, it's not only about geopolitics, it's not about arms sales, it is about respect. i don't want to go over the mafia metaphor that steve just did, but in deed, not just mafia see, but real powers sometimes crave respect. its about who makes decisions. if the decision about the use of force in syria is made without russia or against russian opposition, vladimir putin will look at it in a very grave way just as he and his allies at a time looked at our decision to use force in iraq in 2003 and, before that, for those who track the russian fears back then, and 1999, i believe that the then prime minister turned the plane around in the atlantic when the bombing of serbia started and went back because russia was not appropriately consulted over the use of force against slobodan milosevic, let alone getting a russian agreement in the security council. they issues of sovereignty, the issue of use of force, the issues of agreement, how to use force are extremely important not just

it's black truffles, caviar, sea salt, smoked with alder wood.e bun is flecked with 24 karat cold flakes from switzerland. and it's not just for show. they have sold a few of these things. >> apparently, it's really tasty. >> i don't want the gold flakes. i don't want to eat metal. it sounds weird to me. >>> big bird is enjoying a big bump in popularity, after nearly overshadowing the presidential debate. and now, you can expect to see more of our feathered friend come halloween. >> sassy and sexy versions of the costume are flying off the shelves. costumecraze.com says versions of the leggy bird has spiked 5% since the debate. i guess it looks like canary yellow is the new black. >> we're not kidding here, sunny. you're going to be big bird. >> i have the one on the far right. i ordered it. >> did you do this only after the obama/romney debate? >> right after the debate? >> just right after the debate. >> you took the news story. i want to see you in that. why aren't you wearing it? reporter involvement. >> next time. >> next time. the metcalfe

probably we should take them with a grain of salt because if you look, for example, at the black sea fleet which would be doing all this, the last ship was commissioned in, was introduced into service in 1992, and the black sea fleet is not if great shape. so there's a lot of work to be done there. in any event, um, it's not only about geopolitics, it's not only about arms sales, it is about respect. and i don't want to go over the mafia metaphor that steve just did, but indeed, not just behalf behalf owe so but real powers sometimes crave respect. it's about who makes decisions, he says. the decision about the use of force in syria is made without russia or against russian opposition, putin will look at it in a very grave way just as he and his allies at the time looked at our decision to use force in iraq in 2003 and before that for those who tracked the russian affairs back then, in 1999, i believe, the then-prime minister turned the plane around the atlantic when the bombing in serbia started and went back because russia was not appropriately consulted over the use of force again

>>reporter: prompting chef pamela to conjure up black risotto with poached egg and mendocino sea urchin. this is orange and black culinary attack. >> we didn't eat a lot of sea urchin risotto, is there one little section at a time. you want to get a bite of everything at the same time so. >>reporter: you are eating my lunch. >> i'm sorry. >>reporter: not sorry for lon long. rairling the food render certain reporter speechless. this would be one of those occasions. city. made an impression on wayne. go giants. >>> well coming up. stock take the biggest drop since june. brace yourself for roller coaster few weeks. earning season. that story just ahead. >> plus the biggest one week plunge in gas price ins more than 4 years. find out where you can fill up for less than 3.50 a gallon these days. >> it is as tight a race as it could be. new presidential poll as candidate go coast to coast next 48 hours including a visit to california. >>> and you have heard about robbery at atm many, many times but how about stealing the entire machine? exactly how long it took in exactly how long it took in

when you're in new york and surrounded by yankees fans, it's great to see the orioles black and orange. here in this sea of yankees blue, shine as beautiful beacon. >> spent the first 25 years of my life there, long time orioles fan. >> reporter: john mckinney had this trip planned for two weeks. he's taking advantage of the down time to did to the o's game. >> i had a friend from baltimore who shipped it down to me. i went to two games in atlanta. wore the shirt proudly there. john was at last night's game. >> i was cheering for the o's. they were comerring for the yanks. >> reporter: job finds driving his large charter bus in new york city interesting. >> the new york drivers are crazy. you just have to stick the bus out there and know that you're bigger than they are and make them go around you. >> reporter: he's getting a little sight seeing down and making new friends. john has his ticket for tonight's game with one wish in mind. >> see the orioles win. get to game five. that's the key. >> that's basically what we all want. get a victory tonight. win the series. at yankee stadium, don harrison, abc

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they became a sea of orange and black, especially when pablo sandoval jumped off the bus. bruce bocci first said he was number and speechless but he found his voice. >> we let them go. we let them be themselves. this is guys that cared about each other they played as 25 guys. it's amazing what can happen when you get a group like that. is he said this is yours, boys. they earned it. that is one trophy they can look and say we've earned that one. >> pablo sandoval said he cannot wait for wednesday's parade. the motto is 25 players one goal to win. we found a fan holding a sign saying mission accomplished. they're filling in now and the they are savoring this victory. live in at and t park abc 7 news. >> this is just thrilling. ask by and large coast folks just having fun. unfortunately some fans took celebrations too far. sky 7 overhead and things got heated in parts of the city. fans started fires and destroyed property. vic lee is here to take a look at the damage done. >> you know most of the revelellers are having a good time celebrating peacefully and in fact about 10

. >> in a sea of orange and black there is red. >> i did 28 years in st. louis. i've been here since 69. he talks about his time there like a prison term. bloom saloon i new it as the cardinals bar but it's been a while since i was there. >> it's good to see you after 25 years. we did this in 1987. it was the only cardinals bar in the area. no today, not so much. i'm a convert to the giants these days. >> we're assured hit be rocking at game time. >> at&t seems to be where it's at. >> father and son bonding in an old town hometown. we can understand. but scott and michael look at the same game and see only differences. >> his bed room's in the garage. so he's kind of living a little bit of an upper life. he eats after everybody else is done. >> dad's a wise guy. as a seven-year-old he played for a team named the cardinals. >> i guess i like the color red a lot. they just looked cool. i guess i kind of wanted to be a little different. >> from edwards air force base in southern california who came up this morning. >> how many miles is that. >> about 400. >> when ar

. >> reporter: nbc bay area jessica geary and her family were among the sea of orange and black as giants the st. louis cardinals in the national championship league series. for many families rooting for the giants is a tradition that goes back decades. >> ever since we were kids, our dad and mom would take us to the ballgame and go on fan appreciation day and weekends and stuff. it's in our blood. >> reporter: these brothers know that feeling. they've had giants season tickets since 1960 when as boys their father brought them to watch the giants play. they're hoping for another giants world series win. >> great. almost as good as the one two years ago. two years ago has been a long time, now, it hasn't been quite so long. >> the pitching's so solid and

. >> reporter: definitely a sea of orange and black here at civic center as thousands you said it right, fans pack in to watch their favorite team on the big screen. take a look at city hall. it's illuminated in orange. [ cheering and applause ] getting very excited here, we're in a commercial and they're getting -- amped up. we spoke to a couple of really loyal fans who got here late last night to make sure they had the perfect seat. >> exciting, torture. i've been biting off my nails so i don't have no more nails. >> you think it would be like really cold and boring but we were excited the whole time. we got maybe half an hour of sleep and we've been running on rock stars and energy drinks and it's fun though. it's part of the excitement. >> reporter: now we caught one the mayor -- up with mayor ed lee this evening and he just got permission from major league baseball last night that he could show the game here on the big screen. i asked a couple of fans if they secretly wished that maybe the last game the giants play if they win was here in their hometown. they said no. absolutely no

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. >> the scientists are also excited about finding a black coral brimming with sea life in the northernific ocean. you heard the fog horns in the background as we were talking about. more of that this morning and weekend in. >> absolutely. we have poor visibility from napa, santa rosa and about a mile at the coast. noontime, 65 today in the east bay with 70 at 3:00. it should be a very nice afternoon. for the rest of the weekend the include increase tomorrow, the rain arrives probably toward midnight sunday night, making for a rainy monday morning commute with the frontal passage. the rest of the weekdays look better. >> thanks so much, lisa. thank you for joining us on the abc7 saturday morning news. abc7 news continues at 8:00 [ woman ] dear chex cereal, i've never written a fan letter before, but you've done what i thought was impossible: you made good-for-you, gluten-free cereals in a whole bunch of yummy flavors. cinnamon chex and honey nut chex are two of our favorites. when my husband rob found the chocolate one, we were in cereal heaven. the only problem is, with so many great f

take a look at the sea of orange and black that has lined market. the depth of people is endless.tching the front office staff and their families go by. pretty much anyone in black and orange is getting some cheering today. he got here 5 a.m.. >> yeah, [ inaudible ] [ screaming ] >> reporter: what about this guy here? >> proud of the giants, proud of the city. have a good time, be safe, love the giants. >> reporter: putting his money where his mouth is. the fans aren't only on the street they go several stories up. we'll try to get you a shot here. folks who live and work in this building have good advantage points maybe as high as sky 7. here at market and first with a great group of fans and a lot of people enjoying festivities waiting for the giants to make it to this spot in the parade route. back to you guys. >> thank you katie now to cheryl jennings and kristen sze once again. can you hear us? >> yes, hello. >> can you hear us? >> yeah, we gotcha, go ahead, thanks. >> we have great fans here, where are you guys from? >> i'm from southern california. >> how about you? >> sono

. >> the scientists are also excited about finding a black corral brimming with sea life in the northernhave just arrived back home after a big win last night in st. louis. we will have a live report from at&t park and hear from manager bruce bochy. also, the san mateo bridge, it is shut down this morning. the impact on the thousands of people who need to get across the bay. a new hour of

. >> the scientists are also excited about finding a black coral brimming with sea life in the northernific ocean. >> good stuff under the sea. lisa, explain what's going on here? >> we've got some pretty good fog out there for the rest of the morning hours. it will clear up noon, 1:00. here's the noontime forecast for memorial stadium where we will see 65 trees and 70 at about 3:00. so everyone should see more sunshine today than clouds. then tomorrow not much sun at all. the rain moves in overnight for a rainy monday morning commute. >> thank you, lisa. and thank you for joining us on the abc7 saturday morning news. abc7 news continues at four this afternoon. we want to remind you about our exclusive alarm clock app for the i-phone. download it free and ♪ [ old man ] get the 20 piece mcnuggets. what? that lovely girl, that caught your eye? the 20 piece mcnuggets are only $4.99 on the extra value menu. you offer to share them. a conversation begins... that's pretty smart. i been around. [ male announcer ] 20 piece chicken mcnuggets just $4.99 only on mcdonald's extra value menu. the si

it's a sea of orange and black. fans have been out here as early as 3:00 in the morning. take a look around. you can see the world championship series are on city hall. there's orange and black balloons on lamp posts everywhere. we talked 0 some fans. some drove as far as boise, idaho to be here. >> we don't know where we are going either. >> it looks pretty good. >> reporter: no question about that. it's starting to get packed out here in civic center plaza right now. >> it was a little drizzly. now, that's not the case and it's definitely not dampenge the mood here for fans. >>> giants' fans head to san francisco along with -- along with regular computers -- commuters. the transit agency has made some changes after learning lessons from the 2010 giants celebration. tara moriarty joins us live from west oakland to let us know what some of the lessons were. good morning, tara. we have seen some pretty -- they've been clad in their halloween costumes, ready to go. but we were up on the platforms just a short time ago. a lot of folks have some trouble getting on board becau

a bar that usually houses shark fans, wearing teal, was a sea of orange and black. the giants went to the motor city and took game three from the tigers tigers and these fans cheered through every evening. >> we're fortunate to have bay area baseball right now. [cheering] >> the giants one win away from becoming the 2012 world series champion, fan fever means every seat in the bar is taken, but if the series ended tomorrow, it's back to the drawing board. >> means regrouping with financial decisions and we need to be smarter. >> a total of 326 regular season nhl games have been cancelled. in san jose, abc-7 news. >> ama: wayne freedman is in detroit right now with with mike shumann, covering tonight's win. today he ran into some giants fans with a very personal connection to the team. >> we found them in a hotel lobby looking at a of a certain favorite player who always wanted to be a giant. >> knew he was a good athlete when he was real young. >> we also told him, if you're good, everybody will know you're good. so don't go around patting yourself on the back. >> d

. >> reporter: in a sea of orange and black, there is red. >> 28 years in st. louis and i've been here since 69. >> tom frankal talks about his stint there like a prison term. he is the bar keep at bloom saloon. i knew it as a cardinals bar. >> good to see you after 25 years. we did this in 1987. >> reporter: the two teams met in the playoffs in that year. >> i was a cardinal fan, but i'm a convert to the giants these days. >> reporter: we're assured it will be rocking at game time. you can find more of the red and white, well, at&t seems to be where it's at. father and son bonding in a old town home town, we can understand, but scott michael looks at the same game and sees only differences. >> his bedroom is in the garage. he's seeing a rougher time. >> reporter: as a seven-year- old he played for a team named the cardinals. >> they just looked cool. and guess i kind of wanted to be a little different. >> reporter: and this pair, from edwards air force base who came up this morning. >> how many miles? >> about 400. >> when are you going back? >> after the game